Terminal user interface for Task

What is Task and Taskfile?

Task is a task runner / build tool that aims to be simpler and easier to use than, for example, GNU Make.

Once installed, you just need to describe your build tasks using a simple YAML schema in a file called Taskfile.yml

The tool is a client with a user interface for the Task that makes it easier to run tasks from the terminal.

Features

• List and execute tasks
• Filtering mode to speed up navigation between tasks
• Task summary page to show the description of a task

🟥 The labels are not properly supported right now 🟥

If you are using labels, you must also specify namespace alias or task alias for those tasks.

Usage

# run for a default taskfile
task-tui
# or specify the taskfile explicitly
task-tui -t ./Taskfile.yml
# ask for help
task-tui --help

Hotkeys

Enter - to execute the selected task
/ - to enter the filtering mode
s - to show the task summary
Esc - to go back
Ctrl+C - to exit
h - to show the help page

Installation

Make sure Task is installed.

Homebrew tap

brew install aleksandersh/task-tui/task-tui

Go install

Requires Go 1.22

go install github.com/aleksandersh/task-tui@latest

Best practice

Use terminal aliases

Improve your productivity by setting up terminal aliases for frequently used taskfiles.

Bash example

$ echo $'alias task-tui-sample=\'task-tui -x -t "$HOME/taskfile-tui/sample"\'' >> "$HOME/.bash_aliases"
$ source "$HOME/.bash_aliases"
$ task-tui-sample